National Geographic explores Adolf Hitler's top secret bombs, tanks, rockets. April 1, 2010— -- A fleet of long-range bombers meant to destroy the New York City skyline. A 1,000-ton tank said to ...

Operation Paperclip was a secret U.S. program launched at the end of World War II to bring German scientists, engineers, and ...

Escaping the festering hostilities in Germany against Jews in the 1930s, Rudy Pins kissed his father goodbye and boarded a train. Then 12 years old, Pins -- bound for a new life in the United States - ...

During World War II, dozens of women students at Cambridge University worked around the clock in complete secrecy to crack Nazi codes, but only now are the unsung heroes getting recognition. At least ...

The last of Hitler’s army to surrender were stationed in a desolate arctic wasteland—a key vantage point in the little-known WWII battle over forecasting the weather. The German Army estabished ...

Though initially recorded by British intelligence with the intention of gaining information that might be useful for the Allied war effort, the matters discussed in these conversations ultimately ...

The year was 1941. Norway had fallen into darkness under the iron fist of Hitler’s brutal Wehrmacht. The conquering German forces were draining the life out of the Norse country, harnessing the nation ...

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